2012 Tony Awards – winners

The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing held their 66th Annual Tony Awards for Excellence in the Theatre at the Beacon Theatre in New York. Neil Patrick Harris returned as host.

The adaptation of the film Once triumphed on the night with a dominating eight wins from its leading eleven nominations. It won for Best Musical, Book of a Musical, Director, Actor (Steve Kazee), Scenic Design, Lighting Design, Sound Design and Orchestrations.

Peter and the Starcatcher led the plays with five wins including Best Actor for star Christian Borle. But the satirical drama Clybourne Park captured the Best Play award.

In the Revival categories, the winners were the play Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman and the musical The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. Death of a Salesman also won Best Director for Mike Nichols, and Porgy and Bess also won Best Actress – Musical for Audra McDonald.

Nice Work If You Can Get It won a pair of acting awards for its featured performers Michael McGrath and Judy Kaye.

Nominations for the 66th Annual Tony Awards


Complete list of winners for the 66th Annual Tony Awards

Best Play
Clybourne Park

Author: Bruce Norris

Producers: Jujamcyn Theaters, Jane Bergère, Roger Berlind/Quintet Productions, Eric Falkenstein/Dan Frishwasser, Ruth Hendel/Harris Karma Productions, JTG Theatricals, Daryl Roth, Jon B. Platt, Center Theatre Group, Lincoln Center Theater, Playwrights Horizons

Best Musical

Once

Producers: Barbara Broccoli, John N. Hart, Jr., Patrick Milling Smith, Frederick Zollo, Brian Carmody, Michael G. Wilson, Orin Wolf, The Shubert Organization, Robert Cole, New York Theatre Workshop

Best Revival of a Play
Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman

Producers: Scott Rudin, Stuart Thompson, Jon B. Platt, Columbia Pictures, Jean Doumanian, Merritt Forrest Baer, Roger Berlind, Scott M. Delman, Sonia Friedman Productions, Ruth Hendel, Carl Moellenberg, Scott & Brian Zeilinger, Eli Bush

Best Revival of a Musical

The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess

Producers: Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Rebecca Gold, Howard Kagan, Cheryl Wiesenfeld/Brunish Trinchero/Lucio Simons TBC, Joseph & Matthew Deitch, Mark S. Golub & David S. Golub, Terry Schnuck, Freitag Productions/Koenigsberg Filerman, The Leonore S. Gershwin 1987 Trust, Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Ken Mahoney, Judith Resnick, Tulchin/Bartner/ATG, Paper Boy Productions, Christopher Hart, Alden Badway, Broadway Across America, Irene Gandy, Will Trice, American Repertory Theater

Best Book of a Musical

Once

Enda Walsh

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Newsies

Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Jack Feldman

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

James Corden, One Man, Two Guvnors

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Nina Arianda, Venus in Fur

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Steve Kazee, Once

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

Audra McDonald, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Christian Borle, Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Judith Light, Other Desert Cities

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

Michael McGrath, Nice Work If You Can Get It

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Judy Kaye, Nice Work If You Can Get It

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Donyale Werle, Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Bob Crowley, Once

Best Costume Design of a Play

Paloma Young, Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Gregg Barnes, Follies

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Jeff Croiter, Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Natasha Katz, Once

Best Sound Design of a Play

Darron L West, Peter and the Starcatcher

Best Sound Design of a Musical

Clive Goodwin, Once

Best Choreography

Christopher Gattelli, Newsies

Best Direction of a Play

Mike Nichols, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman

Best Direction of a Musical

John Tiffany, Once

Best Orchestrations

Martin Lowe, Once

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Recipients of Awards and Honors in Non-competitive Categories

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

Emanuel Azenberg

Regional Theatre Award

The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.

Isabelle Stevenson Award

Bernadette Peters

Special Tony Award

Actors’ Equity Association

Hugh Jackman

Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre

Freddie Gershon

Artie Siccardi

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